Of course, the issue is not that SFF doesn’t have some wonderful, wry, nuanced writers. It’s that, too often, what gets taken seriously by critics is the stuff that takes itself very seriously. And that can get a little… well, one-note after a while.

And in a note I’m sure at least three of you have been waiting for, the eleventh Shadow Unit ebook is out.

It contains “The Small Dark Movie of Your Life” by Leah Bobet, “Walking Back To Houston” by Chelsea Polk, “Bulletproof” by Emma Bull, “Down the Rabbit Hole” by Sarah Monette, and more, and is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Smashwords for only $2.99, and at other major ebook sellers soon.